Kathleen Megan

For the past three years, Kathleen Megan has been covering statewide education issues. Her coverage has included Connecticut’s tumultuous education reform; surviving college with a mental illness; “scream rooms” in public school; and the turbulent overhaul of higher education. Previously, she covered mental health, child welfare, and disability issues as well as writing features. Along the way, she has won national, regional and state awards. Before arriving at The Courant, she worked for The Standard-Times in New Bedford MA and The Charleston Gazette in West Virginia.

While suspensions and expulsions in Connecticut schools are on the decline, the incidence of such disciplinary action in connection with vaping is increasing dramatically, according to a new report by the state Department of Education.Between the 2015-16 and 2017-18 school years, the number of sanctions associated with the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems went from 349 to 2,16